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$240,000 AVP Crocs Slam Lumber Liquidators Coney Island Open presented by Kentucky Grilled Chicken
July 2 - 5, 2009

(12) Joaquin Acosta/Paul Baxter

Joaquin Acosta

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 1, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio Piedras, PR

Resides:

Miami, FL

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara
Brigham Young

Seasons:

4

Tournaments:

29

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Malibu 2011)

Career AVP Best:

7th (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$19,320.00

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Columbia Heights, MN

Resides:

Venice, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Ball State

Seasons:

18

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	$17,910.00

Previous Brooklyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Scott Wong - 9th
2007	Jonathan Acosta - 25th	Dain Blanton - 9th
2008	Jonathan Acosta - 25th	Matt Prosser - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	16	13	240	$1,800.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	20	9	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	24	17	190	$960.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	21	17	190	$1,200.00
AVP	4/16-19/2009	Riverside Open	22	17	190	$960.00
AVP	9/17-21/2008	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	21, Q12	17	104	$3,750.00

Coney Island Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 1

William Chenoweth / Jon Mesko (21)

Lost 21-14, 20-22, 14-16

1:12

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	52	24	8	0.308	8	8	2	0
	1	18	10	5	0.278	4	2	1	0
	2	18	7	1	0.333	2	3	1	0
	3	16	7	2	0.313	2	3	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	24	15	3	0.500	1	21	0	2
	1	9	5	0	0.556	1	6	0	2
	2	6	6	0	1.000	0	7	0	0
	3	9	4	3	0.111	0	8	0	0

Fri, 7/3/2009

Contender 1

Connor Hastings / Matt Heagy (28, Q5)

Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-10

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	43	24	8	0.372	0	5	1	3
	1	18	11	4	0.389	0	1	0	0
	2	18	9	3	0.333	0	3	1	1
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	1	0	2
Paul Baxter	Total	30	17	3	0.467	1	14	2	4
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	4	1	2
	2	12	5	2	0.250	0	5	1	2
	3	11	7	1	0.545	0	5	0	0

Fri, 7/3/2009

Contender 2

Kevin McColloch / AJ Mihalic (22)

Won 21-14, 15-21, 15-10

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	40	20	9	0.275	8	4	0	1
	1	15	10	1	0.600	3	2	0	0
	2	12	4	6	-0.167	2	1	0	1
	3	13	6	2	0.308	3	1	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	20	9	1	0.400	0	11	0	0
	1	2	0	0	0.000	0	1	0	0
	2	10	4	0	0.400	0	1	0	0
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	9	0	0

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 3

Evan Engle / Russ Marchewka (19)

Won 21-14, 24-22

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	23	14	3	0.478	7	3	0	0
	1	8	4	1	0.375	4	2	0	0
	2	15	10	2	0.533	3	1	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	22	12	2	0.455	0	12	2	2
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	5	1	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	7	1	2

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 4

Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (8)

Won 27-25, 21-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	44	24	6	0.409	3	7	0	1
	1	26	11	4	0.269	1	2	0	1
	2	18	13	2	0.611	2	5	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	17	8	1	0.412	0	14	3	4
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	7	2	2
	2	6	2	0	0.333	0	7	1	2

Sat, 7/4/2009

Contender 5

Mike Morrison / Eyal Zimet (10)

Lost 18-21, 21-14, 11-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	46	17	6	0.239	7	4	0	1
	1	20	7	6	0.050	3	3	0	1
	2	13	4	0	0.308	3	0	0	0
	3	13	6	0	0.462	1	1	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	27	12	2	0.370	0	29	0	3
	1	12	4	1	0.250	0	15	0	1
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	6	0	2
	3	6	3	1	0.333	0	8	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	248	123	40	0.335	33	31	3	6
Paul Baxter	140	73	12	0.436	2	101	7	15

Head to Head Results
Acosta/Baxter trail the series against the field 7-14

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Mayer/Nygaard 0-1
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Mayer/Nygaard	11	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	21-11, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 3 Olson/Wong 0-3
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	4	Acosta/Baxter	20	23-25, 21-18, 15-7	1:15
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	5	Acosta/Baxter	21	15-21, 22-20, 18-16	1:19
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Winner 2	Olson/Wong	6	Acosta/Baxter	22	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 5 Allen/Halverson 1-2
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Allen/Halverson	10	Acosta/Baxter	20	12-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:05
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 1	Acosta/Baxter	21	Allen/Halverson	12	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:14
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Allen/Halverson	12	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 Brazao/Prosser 0-2
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 3	Brazao/Prosser	10	Acosta/Baxter	16	21-19, 21-17	0:49
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Brazao/Prosser	10	Acosta/Baxter	24	21-17, 21-14	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Loomis/Patterson 0-1
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 1	Loomis/Patterson	11	Acosta/Baxter	21	24-26, 21-16, 16-14	1:23
Series tied with # 8 Mariano/Ratledge 1-1
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 4	Acosta/Baxter	12	Mariano/Ratledge	8	27-25, 21-15	0:58
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Mariano/Ratledge	9	Acosta/Baxter	24	21-16, 15-21, 15-11	1:15
Trail the series against # 9 Strickland/Wachtfogel 0-1
4/17/09	AVP	Riverside Open	Contender 2	Strickland/Wachtfogel	12	Acosta/Baxter	22	21-14, 21-19	0:46
Series tied with # 10 Morrison/Zimet 1-1
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 5	Morrison/Zimet	10	Acosta/Baxter	12	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	1:06
5/29/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Acosta/Baxter	20	Morrison/Zimet	13	21-18, 21-17	0:59
Series tied with # 17 DiPierro/Roberts 1-1
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/Roberts	17	Acosta/Baxter	16	20-22, 28-26, 15-13	1:25
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Acosta/Baxter	20	DiPierro/Roberts	21	14-21, 21-14, 18-16	1:05
Lead the series against # 19 Engle/Marchewka 1-0
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 3	Acosta/Baxter	12	Engle/Marchewka	19	21-14, 24-22	0:50
Trail the series against # 21 Chenoweth/Mesko 0-1
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 1	Chenoweth/Mesko	21	Acosta/Baxter	12	14-21, 22-20, 16-14	1:12
Lead the series against # 22 McColloch/Mihalic 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 2	Acosta/Baxter	12	McColloch/Mihalic	22	21-14, 15-21, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Hastings/Heagy 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 1	Acosta/Baxter	12	Hastings/Heagy	28, Q5	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	1:13